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Permacrisis & Change Fatigue: Why Your Change is Failing

KatAnu Connect Podcast

KatAnu Connect Podcast
Permacrisis & Change Fatigue: Why Your Change is Failing
Mar 02, 2026 Season 1 Episode 164
Kate Megaw

When it comes to organizational change, why do we prioritize tools and frameworks like Kotter or ADKAR over the very people expected to use them? In this episode we do dive deep into the "human side" of change management.

We discuss the rising phenomenon of "Change Fatigue" and "Permacrisis," exploring how back-to-back transformations can traumatize an organization’s culture, much like over-bleaching hair until it falls out!

We challenge leaders to move away from top-down decrees and instead focus on the psychology of change, the importance of "the Why," and the critical need to let new processes settle before moving the goalposts again.

As Peter Senge says: People don’t resist change; they resist being changed.